“Mick was a star. It felt like replacing Keith Richards. I shat my pants”: Earl Slick on the fear he felt replacing David Bowie’s most iconic guitar player – and how Bowie calmed him down
Slick stepped into fill the spot in the mid 1970s, and thought he’d have a hard time winning over the fans and the media
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Slipknot x Gucci: the wildest crossover of the year so far?
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(sic), the opening track from the band’s landmark 1999 debut album, features in a new promotional film by the Italian luxury fashion house.
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“The letter read, ‘This was our mom’s guitar. It’s worth a lot of money. We want you to have it’”: How actor turned musician Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album
A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal
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“You thought, ‘Who are these people?’ They’ve only been playing for a year, and they’re proud that they can’t play”: Adrian Smith on how Nirvana and grunge negatively impacted Iron Maiden’s career trajectory in the ’90s
The heavy metal guitarist looks back on how the pop culture and subculture paradigm shift impacted Maiden
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“They’re booby-trapped!” Steve Vai recalls the difficulty he faced learning Robert Fripp’s guitar parts for BEAT
“There was a small percentage of stuff that was just ruthless and just so out of my ballpark at my age.”
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Answered: more technical guitar questions you were too afraid to ask
Asking questions is hard, especially when it’s something you think you SHOULD know by now about your favourite instrument. But don’t worry – save yourself the awkwardness and let us solve some more common queries…
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“He says to me, ‘You’re a legend.’ I said, ‘Are you kidding? You’re a legend. You’re the new Leo Fender. You’re the new Les Paul. You’re the new Orville Gibson’”: Randy Bachman on the guitar builder who’s up there with the greats of the industry
And Bachman says this builder is working on an electric guitar that will weigh less than 4lbs.
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“It’s a hammer, and everyone needs a hammer”: Brian Fallon unveils no-nonsense “working man’s” signature ‘59 Telecaster
Growing up, the Gaslight Anthem frontman idolised Bruce Springsteen and Joe Strummer. His new signature Tele is a workhorse that channels that inspiration.
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“I do have a pedalboard now. But I wasn’t allowed one for a very long time”: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on why he was barred from having a ’board – and the advice Johnny Marr gave him to cover up mistakes
And no, it’s not because Ed O’Brien’s took up all the available stage space…
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“The comments I got were from people digging the way I was playing, or asking ‘What song is this?’ which I thought was funny. It’s where modern rock started”: Meet Amani Burnham, the budding blues-rock hero blending fingerstyle technique with SRV tone
His cover of Hoochie Coochie Man went viral, but Burnham is blowing minds with his fretwork – and a sound referencing the lineage of Chuck Berry, Hendrix and SRV
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Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick recovering from heart valve surgery
Kulick’s ex-bandmate, Gene Simmons, offered words of support amid the guitarist’s recovery
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“Pedal history is in danger. ChatGPT is rewriting fact”: Josh Scott of JHS Pedals interrogated AI on the pedal industry – and what he found should alarm us all
Misinformation, feedback loops, and a lack of detailed sources sit at the root of the problem, he says
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“The AI-assisted future of guitar effects pedals? In its current form, not quite. But its ambition is massive”: Polyend Endless review
NAMM 2026’s Best in Show winner promises to provide an immersive insight into the future of guitar effects pedals – but is the potential of this stompbox well and truly endless?
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“ I find it to be a very playable guitar indeed, despite its huge dimensions”: Danelectro Dan O Cool Baritone review
This retro-inspired semi-hollow baritone offers a refreshing departure from your typical extended range guitar
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“What was a 24-year-old boy doing telling fathers?” John Mayer admits one of his biggest hits was “very selfish” and written with “young logic”
“It was really about me, a young guy, so selfishly upset that he couldn’t be with the woman he loved.”
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Neural DSP expands its Darkglass bass plugin into a full creative rig with Darkglass Ultimate
“We’ve taken the core Darkglass tones and expanded them into a more complete setup… so players can spend less time managing their tone and more time creating with it.”
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Dave Grohl says playing Nirvana songs felt “forbidden” after Kurt Cobain’s death: “For a long time I was afraid to play the opening riff to Smells Like Teen Spirit”
“It’s such a weird thing to feel afraid to play songs.”
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“That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page… There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act
“It’s the season of brotherly love,” says Robinson, as the once volatile Atlanta, Georgia rock legends return – but the ’Crowes are still flying by the seat of their pants
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“I wanted to be a little bit like Joe Strummer, a little bit Bruce Springsteen, a little bit punk”: A “hammer” with strings? Fender teams up with Brian Fallon for limited edition ’59 Telecaster Custom
It’ll cost you the best part of seven thousand bucks but this stunning Telecaster is the Fender Custom Shop doing Fender Custom Shop things again
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“The poor guy died out there and wasn’t discovered for 2 weeks. A perfect place to make beautiful music, right?” Steve Vai’s LA property – and his Harmony Hut guitar sanctuary – has been listed for $11.7 million
Despite a slightly chilling past, Vai used the space as a functioning studio and a home for his guitar collection, which included guitars personally gifted to him by Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani